Backgammon Information

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As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of skill and pure luck. The goal is to shift your pieces safely around the game board to your inner board while at the same time your opposition moves their pieces toward their home board in the opposing direction. With competing player checkers moving in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific techniques at specific instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon strategies to round out your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the aim of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to shift his chips, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely barricade any activity of the opponent by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get hit, or end up in a battered position if he ever attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anyplace between point 2 and point eleven in your board. As soon as you have successfully assembled the prime to block the movement of your competitor, the competitor doesn’t even get a chance to roll the dice, and you move your checkers and toss the dice again. You’ll win the game for sure.

The Back Game Technique

The goals of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game technique are very similar – to harm your opponent’s positions hoping to better your chances of winning, however the Back Game strategy uses alternate tactics to do that. The Back Game plan is generally utilized when you’re far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this technique, you have to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This technique is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your chips and how the checkers are moved is partially the result of the dice toss.